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Four Royal Marines, one Royal Navy officer and an archaeologist lock swords and spears to onlookers' cheers.
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Steve Fulthorpe
Royal Marines Physical Training Instructor
Exmouth, Devon, UK
"I would have
had no qualms whatsoever with the idea of winning a duel to the death in a
'kill-or-be-killed situation.'"
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Jack Parker
Royal Marines Remedial Instructor
Taunton, Somerset, UK
"I box within the top ten of Great Britain. I'm interested to see how that experience of having one-to-one combat . . . compares with the gladiators."
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Alan Roberts
Royal Marines Warrant Officer, 1st Class
Plymstock, Devon, UK
"Pick it up quickly or die - this thought scared the life out of me."
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Warren Keays-Smith
Royal Marines Phys. Training Instructor
Lympstone, Devon, UK
"I want to be in the arena to fight and, hopefully, not to die."
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Charlotte Wymark
Field archaeologist
High Littleton, Bristol, UK
"I'm actually quite looking forward to having a bash at her . . . in a nice way."
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Karen Steele
Royal Navy Lieutenant
HMS Nelson, Portsmouth, UK
"The whole concept of the female gladiator fascinates me because they were clearly surviving a male-dominated world . . . which, after 16 years in the navy, I can relate to."
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